Glad to hear you're good Brian. We get our share of hurricanes through North Carolina. Until you've had one put the fear in you, there's almost no way to comprehend it. Tornadoes are terrifying & destructive as anything, but they only last a short time and affect a relatively small area. A hurricane just keeps coming at you for hours of wind with rain and can even spawn tornadoes of their own to damage whole regions. Add in sea surge and it is the true definition of the term natural disaster. Unfortunately, Sandy hit an area where a lot of people don't have much experience with that type of storm. Who is ever totally prepared to handle mother nature's fury anyway? I feel for how many people's lives got turned upside down from Sandy.

I hope Jon (Turkeybuster) in Harrisburg came through it O.K..

Natural disasters can happen to any one of us. Don't forget to help out if you get the chance. A few dollars or supplies can help our neighbors make it through the worst times.

I'm amazed at the devastation and damage Sandy impacted on the East Coast, given the storm made landfall as a weak Cat 1--and quickly went down to a Tropical Storm. Either the TV media is doing an award winning hype job or it's embarrassingly evident that pretty much all of the East Coast never put up levee protections and/or built building structures to code specs for hurricane or high wind impact storms.Anyways, People survived, so Hurricane Sandy won't wipe out all life. Stay Safe Always.